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V PAGE 2 SHERMAN. COUNTY JOURNAL, MORO, OREGON FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1950 is a surplus crop already is some R U F U S H E CLUB M EETS thing to specualte on' The Home Economic club met fireplace when all othe. topics tbe home of Her. Published Every Friday at of conversation are worn out. with Mr«? Atlee Mon», Oregon 'h l m ° inaVteheanb’ nltolCUSUtes Wilson as co-hostess. The club Uilcb I- French ----- Editor second elasu ¿ n a tte r but it does not stem b „ Uy T h e Pd u ^ w M R 2 î « i e e ’ «t M o r o . 'o ’regon. un d er A ct a already lre a d y ...................... .................................from lack of production. It com- ¡°r * . . „ ran„ e Droeram ot < CeiiHTes« o f M arch 3. 1S<9 OFFICIAL COL'NTV PAPER es from supiwrt prices of crops " « 8 8 Fields is ° ’ that become surpluses all too M " c h 16. Mrs Tracy Melds is soon. Were we to develop an of ^ e new year SUBSCRIPTION K A tE S lcultural policy that would «ne oiscussu” ‘ “ “ ’ " '" / T Z i agricultural policy that would anoointed ONE VKAK •_____ « .W X . farmers lo produce the books. Chairmen were appointed •°® cause farmers to produce the boo^®'1I5?®.lrn^ Xebruarv^ Mrs — things nations need instead of a as . Elizabeth ♦ e r . f - 01 A t surplus of things we already C. A ^ T om and Mrs. ^ lia a b e th fUATI O fl A t have too much of, it would make ^ U3^ er®’ .. M ’ Top Morris* I j unnecessary this t aPfprg°aP[iation JJay ’ Mrs/ Tracy Fields; June j^Ijrrman C ounty ^Journal University Shortens Graduating Service The university will this year comblne lts baccalaureate and commencement services. It was announced today. The combin.- ed ceremony will b e h e ld at 2 o’clock In the afternoon, Approved by the Board of Armroved hv the 1 Dean8, th e mbve Is being made to encounrage larger attendance Qf gtud(mts and of parentSi alumni and other friends of the university. Holding a combined ceremony in the afternoon stu- - forRef^ h ^ w o i ^ seem more Mrs. Andy Engberg; Sept. Mrs ¡¡JpS dents and parents will be able sensible to apply tne money on Ronald Byrd, Octo r, to get home the seme day where the national debt, as meager a Sadie Rich; December, M . as with an evening commence tient as it would make on that ,an(3 McDonald, ER O beg ment it was necessary for most of them to stay over. 'I AT I 0 ft momentous pile of lOUs. But it P lIL IS H iE R isn’t surprising for did you The baccalaureate address even know an indigent in your will be retained and will become JA N U A R Y 20, 1950 life \ who wasn’t full of ideas the principle speech of the com that would make him rich? If _______ ___ _ program. _ bined An outstanding BLIZZARDS he could just get money enough J national religious leader will be for a meal and a drink to build Troni the Grass V y obtained to make the address. Old timers, alas there are so January , • «p|ie president's charge to the up bis strength. few to remember, recall the big Two horse buyers arrived _ In. duatlng cIass w lll eUmi„ . blizzard of 1884— when the snow town and w e. ated to keep the combined cere- was piled high over the few fen SH E E P If ERDERS the horse market is looking up mQny approximately the 8ame ces and crusted so that a man Papers are telling the story a Httle u „ former commence- could walk over it. The horses, of a ' Washington ,sheepherder \ ™ ment exercise. » we are told, ate all thé «small who wandered with his band of sold at $1.45i and $1.50. The move has been dlscussed limbs from the brush that pro: 1200 sheep for several day:& . ’ A Jfheat con l h campus and local church truded above the snow and then through the worst of the recent sent«}, to growers soon for a The ceremony w lll be ate off each others manes and northwest storm and was finally marketing agreement. heW tWg on Sunday, June in Days of Old tails. Cattle froze to death stand ing in the snow and their bodies remained there until spring. The method of feeding through cattle Wiih a couple of b o a lS ha c X the and let the stock follow up, and ?at the uncovered grass. iter on it was a tough winter Ihp homesteaders who had not the nomestcadcr., an., n u no had tune to bet on# established in their, new homes Wood was hauled from Goldendale and Tygh creek in those days and hay was cut a n d ‘ piled carefully from the few tilled acres. The loss of stock was serious and many a man started out in the spring southward to get a load fqpnd almost frozen n ear\his p roni tbe ob serv er, Jan. 20, 1911 11. sheep. ............. V Local capitalists have incorpor- Ernest Woods That is in the tradition of ated the Prineville & Eastern sheepherders who were original- 1 d will build 18 miles of * in town and he IO I1 1 1 IC » ** * of such loyaity that they ^ a™ , oln the H ill ar^ - and - Harri- nights watching they lamb. never left their sheep. It was rnan lines. understood between owner and Hon c w Moore has been ---------- - noil. k . »V • AMwaa. ~ ----- herder that the herder st»yed elected president of The Dalles wlth hisMiand. Special laws were Con,merclai and Athletic club, (he gubiect o f sbeep. w erders The McKean company has evolved something new in this vicinity. A small wheeled tractor is equipped with a light bulldoz er blade and it runs on the side walks clearing them of snow. w . . has a few ewes is spending his — «*em over them as T. Lester Johnson M.WTRR 2= HEARD, BUT NOT SEEN . , . “Children should be seen, not heard” does not hold good for Kathryn Beaumont, 11, British yoonrster who will play the movie voice of ‘‘Alice In Wonderland,” a Disney all cartoon version of the Lewis Carroll classic. When she isn’t deliver ing lines in the filming of the story, she Is m aklnf another kind of delivery on the tennis court. Kathryn Is a daughter of Kenneth Beau mont, British sinter and radio performer. Custom Curing L et us do yours Law rence T id y m an ~ From the Oberver, Jan. 16, 1931 At Marshalls, The Dalles OLD ' fesglon_ o r is it j„b , At the annual high school c)ear Qn such thlngs conference the Moro Optimist Rbeepberdlng bas suffered won first as the best mimeo- ch (he hands of w riters graphed school paper, preferred the recently more The Dayton plan for control antjc business o fcow s. A cow of surplus wheat advocates that fg entdd aS a gaily be- a quarter of the crop be kept on in(livida51 with perhaps the farm. Contract have been banjo while the sheepherder signed for some farmers in pictured as an inarticulate Washington. . a >winrf, ____________ ' X ’t great thtags arc e x p e c t e d ^ ' . \ > of sheepherders and more of- a t r l }ian not tbev produce them. M Z z j r i» ' 3 lnt0 the mPouhtains with MORO WAJ9OO IllinilTVG E Kentucky Whiskey -A/klend •FOI O INKRATIO N t A O IIA T KIN TU CKY FAVORITI* NOTICE TO CREDITORS • All persons having claims against the estate of Walter A. Medler, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, in pro- per form, to the undersigned, the duly appointed, qualified and acting Executrix of the Last Will and ' Testament of the above named deceased, at the office of Geo. G. Updegraff, Moro, Oregon, within s i x months from the date of this notice, to wit: January 13, 1950. F ay Helmick Medler Geo. G. Updegraff Attorney for Executrix « 11-14 NOTICE OF M ENT F IN A L S E T T L E NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the undersigned Executors of the Estate of W. H. Carlisle, deceased, have filed in the Coun ty Court of Sherman County, State of Oregon their final ac count as such Executors, and that the 30th day of January, 1950 at the hour of 10:15 A. M., has been fixed by said Court as the time for the hearing of ob jections to said report and the settlement thereof. Horace S. Carlisle Maravine Carlisle Executors Gavin & Gavin Attorneys for Estate The Dalles, Oregon NOTICE Ofr M ENT F IN A L 8E TTLE- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the undersigned Executor of the Estate of Mrs. Louie Da vis, Deceased, has filed in the County Court of Sherman Coun ty, State of Oregon, his final ac count as such Executor, and that the 30th day of January, 1950, at the hour „of 10:00 a. m. has been fixed by said Court as the time for hearing of objec tions to said report and the set tlement thereof. Sam Davis Executor Gavin & Gavin Attorneys for Estate The Dalles, Oregon of wool with horses almost thin enough to crawl through a collar. Then there was the blizzard of March 1905 that; f r o » a P™;. *3.60 F IFT H mi sing c r o p o f wheat and every $2.30 PIN T lines a winter that does much damage although not so ....... often ....... ” as in pioneer days. , 1000 sheep and that many lambs R E L IA B LE man with car want- This present sno^v will probably and dg tbe ^,ummer there ’ Sher- ~ ed to call on farmers in result in“ mofe . tienefit than nlone . ___, ____ — man county. Wonderful oppor- except for a packer, who damage for the moisture is need He comes out in the spring .with tunity. $15 to $20 a day. No urtooF e<i and the frost is not deep. Looking .lik e a mav or mav not l»e of assistance. experience or capital required. WANTS OUT Two and three feet of sbo™ iambs fat enough to ship and Permanent. Write today. Mc- m an w ho h a s Just bld on a new ___ in good shape for tbo are maximums here although ewes W illiam the win. win Ness Company, Dept. B, 2423 lt a s e on life. drifts get much' deeper and of ter. That is a triumph of a stock- Magnolia St., Oakland 7, Cal. O’Dwyer •! Neu ' . k ?-.>scs al «Hy ten in the roads. As for cold NATIONAL DISTILLEBS PIODUOS COHOIATIOH, N. Y. • «X 6IAIN BEUT1AL SPIK1TS 12-13 hall ' *’ man. the lowest the thermometer has In the meantime the sheepher registered at the station since der has cooked his own food, FOR SALE: Cedar pq^ls, 27c 1912» was— 20 below back in made his own trails, read what ea On Evergreen highway at 1919. There was a ''tremendous ever came to hand and amuse«l Underwood Store. Ph. 3711, snow that winter too. Unofficial 'him self without the hid of other Underwood Merc. C o .,.. Under thermometers have dropped low wood, Wn. 10-21c persons. er and many people can remem But loyalty was the cardinal c h IX — Order early for her cold winters. virtue of sheepherders. a loyalty __f » Hrvilnn layers and fryers. Dryden In the 38 years since the re like that exemplified by the White Leghorns, Parmenter cords have been kept by the man who stayed with his sheep Reds Rock-Hampshire Cross government there has been zero day after day in the northwest’s and New Hampshires. Parm. weather or lower .in 22 of them. worst storm in 20 years' Perhaps Red and Leghorn ckls. during The longest *spell of warm win it is too late in our national Feb., March and April. Hatch ters was recently being 1914, economy to hope for more every WED. year around. 1945, and 1946. when there was sheepherders, hut it isn’t too Prices and circular available. no zero temperatures. late too hope for more loyalty Harts Hatchery, Beaverton, After the real blizzard of Oregon 10-tfn Friday Sherman eountians would ____ agree that the best place for FOR SALE: The City of Moro them is in history where tl}ey NO FISH will sell 100 sheets of 4 x 8 Fir- • give the ancients an opportun tex; 42 sheets 4 x 1 2 Firtex; We might as well get used to ity to hold the floor for a brief and 10 sheets 4 x 8 half inch it. recital of times long agone. The new tentative regulations plywood. ahoyt fishing in Oregon sent, N. W. Thompson out by the game commission PO RTLAND’S PROBLEM house in I Moro, 6 rooms, full tells in detail where one mav house basement, oil furnace, hot wa The troubles of Portland about not fish. Listed therein are ter heater, fireplace, tile gar getting enough tax money to creeks and rivers certainly un age, chicken house, $4750. operate the city in the manner known fifty miles away from Giles French, Moro, Oregon. to which it would like to he ac their channels. Whitefish and customed are seriohs to that city grayling arc now included in CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING — --------------------- Other cities will soon be facing regulations and they were Meat cutting, wrapping, sharp the same ' problem. w What they <-corned unUl recently. b a t thnv freeze. Bring them In any dav do Is of statewide Interest. The list is very positive proof hut Sunday. C & C Food Store, Portland now can levy a pro that things are not like they Grass Valley, Oregon. 2ltfc perty tax hut no other kind used to be when a traveler could This should tx* changed. There stop along any little creek and FOR SALE— Now available for is no reason why property own catch cau.n a niesB ui iiuui while his Immediate delivery W i 11 y s a mess of trout Jeeps and four-wheel drive ers should be the only game of wJfe Qr partnPr built the fire pick-ups. Cdljnplete Willys the tax gatherer. Income taxpay and boiled the coffee. Them days Overland line of panels, station ers might share that burden as is definitely gone forever. May- wagons and Jeepsters now well. and the city might well l>e we shouid remember that sensationally reduced In price. permitted to levy other taxes when boasting about how much Contact Willis Motor Co., Third also. the state has grown recently. and Lincoln Sts., The Dalles, isn’t poor, -pbere are So far the ---- city — — Oregonians ^ho Oregon. # 22tfc enough to seriously contemplate would prefer the fish to the economy and little can he done company. E u re k a Lodge No. 121 A .P. A A J i about taxation until that point Meets on the 1st and But we were talking about 3rd Thursday evenings is reached. fish and fishing. The number of each month. Visiting persons holding licenses has in members cordially in creased tremendously and it. Is vited to meet with us. PRETTY SALTY well nigh impossible to find a C. S. Bennett, W. M. The president has an Item In stream free from others of like H .B. Pinkerton, Secretary the budget to make fresh water mind and direction. Moro Ixxigc No. 113 I.O.O.F out of sea water, or at least, to Furthermore there are not Meets 1st and 3rd provide a million dollars for many fish in the streams ? any- Tuesdays in I.O.O.F. engineering and the solid comfort and safety inside! The T h ere’s b e a u t y , b e a u t y , b e a u ty e v e r y w h e r e y o u purposes of experimenting on more, that is compared Tn Tn< hall. Transient and extra headroom, legroom, shoulder-room! The safer visi look! And it’s all brand-new beauty inside and out! that problem. The votes of New halcyon days before the popu vlglung visiting uruUiciBBic brothers are bility! The chair-height seats! All the extra convenience Chrysler for 1950 is boldly and dramatically re-styled! York City and southern Callfor- lation <BP). The game com m it cordially Invited to o* stake. t-tiVn slon grows more trout and meet with us. nia may k be « at of the easiest of all cars to enter and leave! See and drivo Deliberately re-designed to be the Beauty Queen of the It may he possible to provide plants more trout hut it never Leo Watkins, N. G. this great car at your Chrysler dealer’s today. I t’s tho road, a classic of the long, low, and lovely. There are irrigation water by some process catches up’ with the demand, John DeMoss, Secretary smartest, most comfortable car we ever built and the of changing sea water into fresh it Is easy to blame the commts- wonderful new nylon fabrics . . . smart new trim. M ost of and then pumping it the bund- -fdon hut it isn’t indicative of a B ethlehem Chapter No. 78. 0 .B .8 sweetest performing with its wonderful Spitfire Engine all you’ll be impressed by the fact that Chrysler’s kind reds of miles necessary to wet factual background on the sub- Meets every second and with the completely Waterproof Ignition System. of beauty— unlike all others— truly reflects the sound the desert sands. The scientists ject. fourth Thursday in each month; visiting members may figure it out, but the next Fishing trips are going to he invited. Moro, Oregon problem will he for the econom- for the purpose of getting out ists to figure it out. It runs in doors, away from the dally grind Olive Young, W. M. 1 the memory of most that areas or for the taste of camp grub Naomi Van Gilder, Secretary near the ocean are pretty well and the smell of wood smoke, Lupine RebekaET watered already and that the use They will not be seriously taken Meets 2nd and 4th for water on arid land is a prob- for fish. Tuesdays of each lem of interior sections. They are month. Visiting often several hundred miles Can you imagine the deepset members welcome, from the ocean. The Job and cost resentment that might come Helen Kruger, N. G. of pumping sea water to the from publishing Hawaiian pic- Lucille May,,Sec. deserts to irrigate cotton which In the midst of a loocal storm. 1 Ge n t Zemans WhiskeyJrorn Kentucky Yew, Yew, 1950 Styling r IÌEAUTIFUL 1050 TODAYS NEW STYLE CLASSIC PRATT MOTOR '■ COMPANY First A Biggs Sts. WASCO, OREGON .1.. . * M K
